11. In "Oh Brother.." we see folk music being co-opted by rightwing populism ("friend of the little man" -- a midget).
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@HeerJeet 21. Now. May make 22. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0kJdrfzjAg …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet 1. am in middle of writing a (possibly stalled) book on Coens and am teaching a course on them in Toronto this month and next ...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet 2... And it's interesting because many critics have cited their needling of the liberal left as a sign of a kind of conservatism. -
@brofromanother Well that's a possible reading but I think something more is at work. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet 3. Consider Barton Fink's portrayal of an Odets-ish writer who tries to speak for -and always over top if- "the common man..."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet 4. Or the (quite funny) impasse between a former Freedom Rider and a Black guy who doesn't care about his stories in Ladykillers. -
@brofromanother I think the pitiless anti-nostalgia ties in with with my argument.
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@HeerJeet 5. I think Burn After Reading, with its transposition of Cold War espionage into the post 9/11 era is politically slippery...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet 6. And that there is a lot to parse about the apocalyptic undertone if 60s liberal counterculture in A Serious ManThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet My daughter who wrote her IB exams & I rewatched V for Vendetta last night. IB history covers totalitarianism & authoritarianism.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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